. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1901 
12 February 2009  
 (09-0724) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the US 
Department of Agriculture 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Specified genera of plants for planting that are hosts of A. chinensis  and/or 
A. glabripennis (as listed in this Federal Order) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[   ] All trading partners, or 
[ X ] Specific regions or countries:   Countries where A. chinensis  and/or A. glabripennis  populations are present and not under 
official control:  Afghanistan, China, Japan , Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Democratic 
People's Republic of Korea, Madagascar, Mala ysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Chinese Taipei, 
and Vietnam  
Countries where the presence of A. chinensis  and/or A. glabripennis  populations are 
considered to be transient, regulated and under eradication and/or official control:  
European Union 
5. Title of the notified document:  Federal Order for Anoplophora chinensis  (Forster), the 
Citrus Longhorned Beetle (CLB), and Anoplophora glabripennis , the Asian Longhorned 
Beetle (ALB) (DA-2009-04, dated 16 January 2009)  Language:  English  Number of 
pages:  4 
6. Description of content:  The Administrator of the Animal  and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS) is issuing a Federal Order to establish prohibitions and restrictions of the 
importation for host genera of plants for pl anting of CLB and ALB, effective on the 22nd 
day after the issuance date of this Federal Order (dated 16 January 2009).  The purpose and 
goal of this Federal Order is to prevent th e introduction and dissemination of two harmful 
plant pests, Citrus Longhorned Beetle (CLB), Anoplophora chinensis  (Forster) 
(Coleoptera:  Cerambycidae), and Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB), A. glabripennis , from 
foreign countries into the United States. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/USA/1901 
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  8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  The CLB and ALB are 
destructive polyphagous wood boring pests.  Outbreaks of ALB have already caused 
substantial damage in the urban and forest environment in certain areas of the US.  CLB 
attacks over 68 host species, including several economically important fruit, forest, and ornamental plant species.  Due to the rise in interceptions of CLB, the threat of introduction 
of this plant pest into the United States has al so increased.  In respon se to the increased pest 
threat, APHIS is issuing the attached Federal Order, which classifies countries according to 
presence and/or official control of CLB and ALB and details prohibitions and restrictions 
on the importation of host genera of plants for planting of CLB and ALB (as listed in this 
Federal Order). 
9. Is there a relevant international standard ?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ X ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the revelant international standard? 
 [ X ] Yes   [   ] No 
This notification complies with the Interna tional Standard on Phytosanitary Measures 
No.13 "Guidelines for the notification of non- compliance and emergency action".  This 
action is in accordance with the principles rela ted to emergency action of Article VII of the 
revised text of the International Plant Protection Convention.  
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:    
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plant s/plant_imports/downloads/Q37/CitrusLong
hornedBeetleFO_1-16-09.pdf  
11. Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable):  
9 February 2009 
[   ] Trading Facility measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
For further information contact:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov  
13. Texts available from: [   ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov